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obama referenced his grandmother during the debate while talking about medicare and social security. the company apologized to the president. she said the tweet was carelessly september in error by a member of our twitter team who needless to say will not be tweeting for us anymore. >>> montgomery county police are ask for the public's help to find the person who viciously pete a 72-year-old man. he is in critical condition. his two sons found him unconscious noor a dumpster outside his apartment complex on garland avenue in silver spring tuesday morning. he headed out at #:00 p.m. on monday to go shopping and never made it home. -- he headed out at 8:00 p.m. on monday to go shopping and never made it home. >>> the search is on for a 17- year-old missing since monday morning. >> the parents are frantic and say it is not like their son to drop out of the sight like this. we have a report. >> reporter: the 17-year-old senior at w. t. woodson high school was last seen at 7:00 monday morning when he dropped his brother off at the front door and went to park the car. his family didn't rea
obama referenced his grandmother during the debate while talking about medicare and social security. the company apologized to the president. she said the tweet was carelessly september in error by a member of our twitter team who needless to say will not be tweeting for us anymore. >>> montgomery county police are ask for the public's help to find the person who viciously pete a 72-year-old man. he is in critical condition. his two sons found him unconscious noor a dumpster outside...
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. >> the debate over gun control takes center stage in virginia this weekend as both side of the issue gather at a gun show. hear what protesters and gun owners have to say. >>> president obama is promising to put his full weight behind a law for gunpoint control. >> it is not enough for us to say this is too hard so wear in the going to try. so what i intend to do is i will call all the stake holders together. you will meet with republicans and democrat. i will talk to anybody. i think there are a vast majority of responsible gun owners out there who recognize that we can't have a situation in which somebody with severe psychological problems is able to get the kind of high capacity weapons that this individual in newtown obtained and gun down our kid. >> reporter: the president says he will put forward a very specific proposal and would like to get it through congress in the first year of his new term. >>> and despite growing concerns for stricter grab control laws, gun enthusiasts in virginia proudly displayed their weapons at a gun expo. we have a report. >> reporter: at this wound
. >> the debate over gun control takes center stage in virginia this weekend as both side of the issue gather at a gun show. hear what protesters and gun owners have to say. >>> president obama is promising to put his full weight behind a law for gunpoint control. >> it is not enough for us to say this is too hard so wear in the going to try. so what i intend to do is i will call all the stake holders together. you will meet with republicans and democrat. i will talk to...
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it is the final day of debate over president obama's health care reform law and comments that came from the high court yesterday are calling its future into question. >>> some winners in our area out of yesterday's megamillions drawing but nobody gets the jackpot. friday's drawing has reached record $476 million now. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> it is wednesday, march 28th. we take a lifelike outside, washington monument there on your left. you can see the national cathedral there as well on the right. it will be another gorgeous day out there for part of the day or most of the day hopefully. good morning. i'm sarah simmons >> i'm will thomas. we'll get to the rain and the forecast in just a minute. first this, this, no huge winners in last night's huge $363 megamillion jackpot. that means the jackpot in friday's drawing now stands at a record $476 million. that means there is hope for us. here in our area, a couple of $250,000 winners. those are tickets with all five numbers but not the megaball. one in d.c., two in maryland and one in virginia. so they're hav
it is the final day of debate over president obama's health care reform law and comments that came from the high court yesterday are calling its future into question. >>> some winners in our area out of yesterday's megamillions drawing but nobody gets the jackpot. friday's drawing has reached record $476 million now. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> it is wednesday, march 28th. we take a lifelike outside, washington monument there on your left. you can...
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now, the fda wants to know if it is linked to a death. >>> the final debate, president obama and republican challenger mitt romney face off one last time before election day. we'll have the highlights. fox 5 morning news is back in a moment. man: t to some people, social securityty is just a number. but to me, it's money that i earned. i count on social security. and i don't want washington politicians like george allen... privatizing it. if george allen wants to risk his own money on wall street... that's fine. but i don't want him risking mine. george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> got ready for something a little bizarre perhaps that may make you think twice about just how smart animals really are. take a listen to this. to this. okay. that was a beluga whale who is able to vocalize in a way that is very similar to the way that we humans talk. researcher were pretty stunned when a driver at the national marine ma'am hall foundation in california w
now, the fda wants to know if it is linked to a death. >>> the final debate, president obama and republican challenger mitt romney face off one last time before election day. we'll have the highlights. fox 5 morning news is back in a moment. man: t to some people, social securityty is just a number. but to me, it's money that i earned. i count on social security. and i don't want washington politicians like george allen... privatizing it. if george allen wants...
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the fate of a crucial piece of president obama's landmark legislation will be debated today. back in a moment. we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasn't always mutual. i want you to grow big! if you grow for me, you'll get cookies for free. nothing worked. ♪ but we started using miracle-gro garden soil. you just mix it with your backyard soil... and it feeds your plants for up to 3 months. my plants grew bigger... more beautiful... with more flowers and vegetables. guaranteed. everything changed with miracle-gro. for you are these flowers, like soap is for showers. everyone grows with miracle-gro. >>> welcome back. let's get a check of the weather with tucker barnes who has made his way over here just sliding in at the last minute i'm doing last-minute prep rigs for ask the weather guy. >> there you go. is this a good one today? >> it is a hard one. a good question. >> good. >> it has to do with james cameron's deep sea dive. >> interesting. very cool. can't wait. >> he went seven miles below the surface of the sea which is just incredible. a little s
the fate of a crucial piece of president obama's landmark legislation will be debated today. back in a moment. we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasn't always mutual. i want you to grow big! if you grow for me, you'll get cookies for free. nothing worked. ♪ but we started using miracle-gro garden soil. you just mix it with your backyard soil... and it feeds your plants for up to 3 months. my plants grew bigger... more beautiful... with more flowers and vegetables....
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. >>> this morningance big story, the historic supreme court debate over health care. people have been camping out in front of the high court since friday for this. >> the legal arguments come just days after the two-year anniversary of president obama's health care reform law. general officer davis reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: the scream court hears oregon arguments today about the constitutionality of several parts of the president's health care plan. specifically, the victim mandate which requires every citizen to carry a minimum form of insurance or pay a penalty. it has been two years since president obama signed this big deal into law. >> we are done. >> reporter: and now, after more than two dozen states sued the federal government in a slew of cases that have worked their way through the judicial system, the supreme court is set to hear opening arguments. >> that is the biggest overreach in the history of our federal government and it can't be done. >> reporter: but before the justices even hear both sides of the mandate argument, they must first det
. >>> this morningance big story, the historic supreme court debate over health care. people have been camping out in front of the high court since friday for this. >> the legal arguments come just days after the two-year anniversary of president obama's health care reform law. general officer davis reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: the scream court hears oregon arguments today about the constitutionality of several parts of the president's health care plan....
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while this is the only debate scheduled for the vice presidential candidates, president obama and governor romney will debate two more times before the november election. the next one is on tuesday. and let's see if that one is as good as this 11. >> thanks so much. >>> president obama doesn't have any campaign events scheduled today, except for attending a dinner. mitt romney is speaking at a rally in richmond after noon. and he atends with paul ryan tonight in ohio at a campaign event. >>> new this morning, there is a new nobel peace prize winner. it's not a person, but a whole governing body. the award is going to the european union. the nobel committee says the eu, "helped to transform a once torn europe to a continent of war to a continent of peace." it was founded with just six countries and expanded to 27 since the end of the cold war. the committee played down the current debt crisis plaguing the eu. >>> a muslim advocacy group will launch its own ad campaign in response to the anti-jihad ads put up in metro stations. the group says the new ads will promote understanding and challe
while this is the only debate scheduled for the vice presidential candidates, president obama and governor romney will debate two more times before the november election. the next one is on tuesday. and let's see if that one is as good as this 11. >> thanks so much. >>> president obama doesn't have any campaign events scheduled today, except for attending a dinner. mitt romney is speaking at a rally in richmond after noon. and he atends with paul ryan tonight in ohio at a...
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tonight, president obama and mitt romney take the stage for round two of the debate. fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> straight up 6:00 right now on this tuesday, october 16th. the monument now, front and center on a chilly start to your day. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time now to talk to tucker barnes. we see him again. >> hello. >> fox 5 morning news, where every comment counts. >> your comments will count right now in regards to the weather. >> our temperature falling back into the 40s, low others here in town. you will notice the cool temperatures. a big difference from yesterday morning as we've lost 10 or 15 degrees from 4 hours ago. rain showers out of here. that is another good news. know we're still dark at the moment. when the sun gets up, we should be in for a bright and sunny day touched a bit of a breeze here out of the north and west. that will be with us for i agood portion of the day. that will lock in the cool for the day. high temperature in the mid- 60s. we'll show you the regional
tonight, president obama and mitt romney take the stage for round two of the debate. fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> straight up 6:00 right now on this tuesday, october 16th. the monument now, front and center on a chilly start to your day. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time now to talk to tucker barnes. we see him again. >> hello. >> fox 5 morning news, where every comment counts. >> your...
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more on the reaction this morning from president obama and mitt romney. first, we are following a developing story out of fairfax county at this hour where a fire has forced more than 100 people out of their homes. we are back in just a moment. >>> welcome back. it is 6:30 right on the nose. we are still keeping an eye on tropical storm debby. she has been hovering around the florida gulf coast since the weekend. it is not a destructive storm in regards of the heavy wind but it is creating widespread flooding in the panhandle and north florida. governor rick scott has declared a statewide emergency. forecaster say there could be up to two feet of rain within the next few days. tucker, i guess the issue is just how slow-moving it is and that is why we are seeing the quantity of water we are. it is moving like three miles. >> three that is like my speed on the treadmill. >> really? >> will made a funny. >> i must be tired. i found that hysterical. >> a nice breeze out of the north and west and we are expecting high temperatures on the cool side. only the up
more on the reaction this morning from president obama and mitt romney. first, we are following a developing story out of fairfax county at this hour where a fire has forced more than 100 people out of their homes. we are back in just a moment. >>> welcome back. it is 6:30 right on the nose. we are still keeping an eye on tropical storm debby. she has been hovering around the florida gulf coast since the weekend. it is not a destructive storm in regards of the heavy wind but it is...
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. >>> fresh off the first debate, president obama and mitt romney head to opposite sides of the commonwealth. the president will speak at a rally in fairfax. governor romney meantime spent the night in fisherville and will be back in the old dominion again monday to give a foreign policy address. >>> speaking of the debate, the president's team admits it's adjusting its strategy after a performance many consider sub par from the president. meanwhile, mitt romney reversed course last night. take a listen. >> clearly in a campaign with hundreds, if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you're going to say something that doesn't come out right. in this case, i said something that's completely wrong. >> who depend on government -- >> the former governor talking about his 47% comment, which up until now stood by as not eloquently stated. he says he cares about 100% of the people. >>> we have a warning for women in fairfax county. police say there is a serial fondler on the loose. he's approached at least five women in the springfield area. that's where fox 5's s
. >>> fresh off the first debate, president obama and mitt romney head to opposite sides of the commonwealth. the president will speak at a rally in fairfax. governor romney meantime spent the night in fisherville and will be back in the old dominion again monday to give a foreign policy address. >>> speaking of the debate, the president's team admits it's adjusting its strategy after a performance many consider sub par from the president. meanwhile, mitt romney reversed...
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. >> also ahead, debate continues today on a proposal to expand gambling in maryland and the measure has already cleared one hurdle. >> and president barack obama wrapping up the attack ads now as mitt romney heads to virginia, while speculation grows he'll announce his running mate very soon.
. >> also ahead, debate continues today on a proposal to expand gambling in maryland and the measure has already cleared one hurdle. >> and president barack obama wrapping up the attack ads now as mitt romney heads to virginia, while speculation grows he'll announce his running mate very soon.
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we've got this political debate going on. especially when our economic recovery is fragile at best. republicans hitting the president over prices at the pump. >> the obama program has higher price, more dependency on the middle east, more vulnerability to saudi arabia, iraq and iran. exactly the wrong direction. it was $1.13 when i was speaker. it was $1.89 when obama was sworn in. >> reporter: the national average is at $3.55. that is up at least 25 cents since the first of the year. the white house defending the president's energy policy. >> our domestic oil production is at an eight-year high and our use of foreign oil is at a 16-year low so we are making progress. >> reporter: a barrel of oil now above $103. we haven't seen oil this pricy since last may and iran dealing a major blow to two of our nation's biggest allies cutting off oil shipments to britain and france. it is seen as a retaliation over tough sanctions imposed on tehran by the european union, this move raising fears that supply will be choked off. >> the pricing of oil worldwide is based on the u.s. dollar so any k
we've got this political debate going on. especially when our economic recovery is fragile at best. republicans hitting the president over prices at the pump. >> the obama program has higher price, more dependency on the middle east, more vulnerability to saudi arabia, iraq and iran. exactly the wrong direction. it was $1.13 when i was speaker. it was $1.89 when obama was sworn in. >> reporter: the national average is at $3.55. that is up at least 25 cents since the first of the...
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. >>> president obama said the storm is not over as he toured the northwest yesterday. he is going to get a look at the damage with nog governor chris christie. >>> our maryland senate debate that was originally scheduled for 9:00 this morning has been canceled. >>> -- with new jersey governor chris christie. >>> letitia baldridge died. she was the first female executive at tiffany's and worked at embassies in roman paris. she later made her mark as annette cet expert and served as an advisor five other first ladies. -- and etiquette expert and served as an advisor to five other first ladies. >> we are checking weather and traffic. we'll be back. >>> a group of kayakers took full advantage of the extreme high tide in maryland. our sky fox helicopter spotted them on accept canada creek near darnestown. the creek is usually calm but yesterday, it was swollen and the waters were rough. -- on seneca creek near darnestown. >>> some dramatic photographs capturing the strength of sandy. a wide swath of the eastern enates now struggling with epic flooding and extensive power ou
. >>> president obama said the storm is not over as he toured the northwest yesterday. he is going to get a look at the damage with nog governor chris christie. >>> our maryland senate debate that was originally scheduled for 9:00 this morning has been canceled. >>> -- with new jersey governor chris christie. >>> letitia baldridge died. she was the first female executive at tiffany's and worked at embassies in roman paris. she later made her mark as annette...
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. >>> coming up next, a new poll giving mitt romney the edge over president obama. >> also ahead is a contentious campaign issue and now vice president joe biden is weighing in on the same-sex marriage debate. fox 5 morning news continues right after. this agents, be on the lookout for aliens. [ people screaming ] hmm... oh, one small black cocoa creme iced coffee, please -- yum. woman: will that be all? [ brakes squeal ] uh-oh! not good. let me out of here! let me out of here! try dunkin's new black cocoa creme iced coffee and call star-star-d-d for a text to capture your alien today. the galaxy runs on dunkin'. >>> latest real clear politics average of polls shows mr. obama leading mr. romney 46 to 44%. this morning a new poll shows romney way one-point lead over obama. the george washington university battleground poll riffs romney the lead 48 to 47%. >> vice president joe bideen has come out in support of gay marriage. >> he is the highest ranking fill to do so so far. fox's david lee hitter has more this morning. >> who do you love? who do you love and will you be loyal to the pe
. >>> coming up next, a new poll giving mitt romney the edge over president obama. >> also ahead is a contentious campaign issue and now vice president joe biden is weighing in on the same-sex marriage debate. fox 5 morning news continues right after. this agents, be on the lookout for aliens. [ people screaming ] hmm... oh, one small black cocoa creme iced coffee, please -- yum. woman: will that be all? [ brakes squeal ] uh-oh! not good. let me out of here! let me out of here!...